The first 11 rounds of the Women Blitz chess competition were played on the 4th of October. The event started in a bombastic way with only 2 draws round 1, Nisha Mohota – Elizabeth Paehtz and Atousa Pourkashiyan – Qian Huang. The biggest intrigue, however, came in round 6 where the World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk and the WWCC finalist Yifan Hou has to meet each other at the board. In a very tense game Yifan Hou managed to take the victory and showed her aim for the top world competitions has just started with the Nalchik final. This victory practically decided the outcome of the competition, as Yifan Hou had full score at the start of round 7, and the major competitors were more than a point behind. Without too much pressure Yifan Hou grabbed the first place, exactly 1 point ahead of Alexandra Kosteniuk. Here are the standings and round by round results before tomorrows semi final.